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Mission Trail advocates press council to prioritize drainage work; staff point to grant opportunities
Summary
Friends of Mission Trail urged the council to elevate drainage and fire-access work for Mission Trail Nature Preserve. Staff said some drainage design work is already planned, and identified a state grant program the city could pursue to fund larger design and construction phases.
Speakers for the Friends of Mission Trail told the council the preserve needs additional drainage design and construction work to protect creek and trail resources and preserve fire access.
Linda Calafiore, a member of Friends of Mission Trail’s board, told the council the preserve’s drainage problems are not caused by work inside the park but by runoff from the village that concentrates in the creek. Calafiore and other volunteers asked the council to elevate Mission Trail projects on the council’s priority list and to include a capital-design line so consultants can complete the work that staff and volunteers have identified.
Staff members acknowledged the drainage studies have been identified in past planning work and said they have an item in the capital improvements program (CIP) packet for design funds. Jamie (finance staff) and Brandon (planning/staff) told the council they have identified a grant opportunity through the California Wildlife Conservation Board that could fund design and construction for certain kinds of natural-resource and drainage projects; staff described the possible grant range at roughly $1 million to $3 million and said they would prepare a pre-application.
Council members asked staff to clarify where Mission Trail implementation sits in the new priorities tracker; staff pointed to Strategy 6, which was added to track implementation of the city’s adopted plans, and noted the Mission Trail Master Plan is included in that list. Several council members and members of the public said they wanted Mission Trail work elevated above the parking-lot list so the city would continue to monitor design and permit steps and to pursue state grant funding.
No formal appropriation was adopted at the workshop. Staff said they would follow up with a detailed scope and cost estimate for the requested design work and will pursue grant eligibility and application steps, then return to the council with financing options and timing.
